ESI Report - Is Reality Changing for Women in Turkey?

Over the past 18 months, a team of ESI analysts has been researching the chang-ing reality of women in Turkey. We talked to dozens of Turkish politicians, activ-ists, academics and businesspeople. Our research took us from women’s shelters in wealthy areas of Istanbul, through the growing urban centres in Turkey’s south-east, to small towns near the Iranian border. We sought to answer two questions: what are the root causes of Turkey’s vast gender gap; and what is being done by Turkish political actors to try to close it?

Turkish Policy Quarterly

We are proud to present our readers with this special issue of TPQ, published in collaboration with Atlantic Council IN TURKEY, which revolves around energy dynamics in Turkey and its neighborhood, in the context of a shifting geopolitical landscape. This issue’s authors evaluate key trends and drivers that are shaping the regional energy landscape—from the Caspian to the...